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新新人类 Pixel PerfectEP013 下一个Sam Altman？硅谷最具争议的年轻人Alexandr Wang Is Alexandr Wang the Next Sam Altman【聊了什么 The What】
他是 1997 年出生的硅谷新贵，28 岁就坐上了 Meta 首席 AI 官的位置。Alexandr Wang 从 MIT 辍学创业，到打造独角兽 Scale AI，一路高歌猛进。但相比履历，他的性格更耐人寻味：既是奥赛极客，又是派对常客；他不仅在硅谷的人脉网络中游刃有余，还在更为传统、精英的华盛顿为公司争取来了国防合同。同时，他也提出了争议极大的MEI（能力、卓越、智慧）招聘原则——这究竟是出于真心，还是精心的权力游戏？
本期，我们请到了Scale AI早期员工小蒋，透过第一手经历，聊聊这位“机会主义者”如何在极客与政客之间切换，在硅谷风口中找到属于自己的位置。
更正：节目中提到Meta Superintelligence Labs更名为TBD Lab，根据最新报道，TBD Lab是Meta Superintelligence Labs的一个部门
He is a rising star of Silicon Valley, born in 1997 and already serving as Meta’s Chief AI Officer at just 28. From dropping out of MIT to founding the unicorn Scale AI, Alexandr Wang’s ascent has been nothing short of meteoric. But beyond the dazzling résumé, his personality is far more intriguing: both an Olympiad geek and a party regular; equally adept at navigating Silicon Valley’s social networks and lobbying the more traditional, elite circles of Washington to secure defense contracts. He also introduced the highly controversial MEI (Merit, Excellence, Intelligence) hiring principle—was this a genuine belief, or a calculated power play?
In this episode, we’re joined by Xiao Jiang, an early employee of Scale AI, who shares first-hand stories about how this “opportunist” moves fluidly between geeks and politicians, carving out his place at the very heart of Silicon Valley’s AI boom.
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2025-08-211h 08
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career and Collect All Revenue StreamsS3.5/E45: Music Publishing Isn't Scary or Confusing + How to Land a Sync Placement w/ Award Winning Composer Matthew WangOne of host & author Emily White's goals in life is for songwriters to be able to clearly define music publishing in a way that they understand and can communicate to others. As well as collect on their music publishing in full. As publishing is the #1 missing revenue stream Emily identifies in her years of conversations with musicians. This episode will simply break down exactly that as well as share best practices to put yourself in a position to land sync placements - songs in film, TV, ads, video games, web shows and more. To do so, there is no...
2023-08-282h 26
The Children's Book PodcastThe Common Language of Tea with Andrea WangAndrea Wang shares Luli and the Language of Tea, a story that reminds us that when you're looking to communicate with people, you look for a common bond. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang; illustrated by Hyewon Yum Though they may speak different languages, kids from all over the world come together to enjoy the shared pastime of tea in this delicious book for young readers. When five-year-old Luli joins her new English as a Second Language class, the playroom is quiet...
2023-07-2720 min
Creatives PrevailPut Two Things that Don’t Belong Together (Matthew Wang)Matthew Wang’s composer credits include hit shows Yellowjackets, Ginny and Georgia, and shows from Hulu, NBC, HBO, and more. We discuss how he went straight from college into scoring for advertisements, leading into securing high profile projects. We also talk about his upcoming 150-track album designed to flow in shuffle mode and help people go to sleep.
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2023-07-1347 min
Oh Six AnswersPete CrawfordPete Crawford is the next classmate to share his memories, from participating in a solemn event to reliving a Mologne Clinic flashback. He talks about his family, reveals a plebe year comeback of sorts, and highlights his Reserve USMA time. Pete discuses his current work with Acre, which aims to create a new way to buy and live in a home one loves. Military movement aside, he reflects on West Point and asks others how they continue to serve.
2023-06-2022 min
Oh Six AnswersTania Moreno DonovanTania Moreno Donovan reminds us of those jam-packed summer schedules with her fond travel memory. She compares the balance in her life now with the personal growth since her days as a cadet. In discussing the next chapter in life, we brainstorm a new way to connect our classmates - starting with Waikiki. Tania recalls her rugby friendships before pivoting to ask others what part of the USMA experience they do not miss at all.
2023-06-1331 min
Oh Six AnswersJim PerkinsJim Perkins joins us to recount a story of selfless leadership he witnessed, which made a profound impact on his career and eventual partnership starting a non-profit focused on military professional development. We explore the origins for his passion in national security, as well as his experience with the Army’s imperfect promotion process. Jim concludes by asking others to reflect on what was the most positive aspect of the cadet experience that had the largest impact on us going forward.
2023-06-0625 min
Oh Six AnswersJasmine MotupalliJasmine Motupalli reminisces on the good, the bad, and the ugly. Mostly good, she talks of more recent times serving as an instructor and the impact she felt. Jasmine then reflects on her command time down range, discusses her foray into becoming a published writer, and shares of her new adventure founding The Data Love Co. She concludes with asking others what advice they would have given their younger selves.
2023-05-3031 min
Oh Six AnswersLucas Hanson & Matt LenartTo commemorate our 17 year milestone, we have Lucas Hanson and Matt Lenart joining us for this special grad week episode. We ask a new set of six questions to both guests and hear their responses. In the process, we learn more about their shared experiences and the strong bonds they continue to strengthen to this day.
2023-05-2735 min
Oh Six AnswersJason NorwoodJason Norwood is the latest classmate to step into the recording studio with us. He’s embraced that career decisions out of his control, while initially disheartening, may be blessings in disguise throughout his life. Jason is most proud of his daughters and shares of his recent mission, discovered in part on a family walk in the local area. He ponders a multiverse where a USAFA variant exists and asks others to reflect on their USMA admission.
2023-05-2328 min
Oh Six AnswersTina ChongTina Chong joins us to relive her R-Day memories and to reflect on defining success in her expansive career thus far. We share a profound conversation about her family’s background and her father’s personal journey as a first generation immigrant. Returning to the present, Tina discusses her current work with GigEagle and the DIU. She wraps our discussion reflecting on changes to her cadet experience and where we would’ve ended up had we not gone to West Point.
2023-05-1628 min
Oh Six AnswersChristopher YoungChristopher Young explains the story behind his nickname, which also served as a rallying cry in becoming our class secretary. He recalls his enlisted career leading up to West Point and his ensuing desire to serve in the 82nd Airborne. Christopher is pumped about his post-Army future and the opportunities his power lifting career presents him. He concludes with asking what others would change about their time at the Academy.
2023-05-0936 min
Oh Six AnswersScotty YeungScotty Yeung drops by the podcast to share of his high school background and ensuing corporate journey since leaving active duty. He reminisces about the bonds formed while huddling around a laptop with Schade’s in hand. We also learn more of Scotty’s upbringing in Pine Bluff, AR and how that shaped his mentality all the way up to his current work with Unite Us. We wrap up our conversation reflecting on the impact of West Point and the core values instilled in our servant hearts.
2023-05-0228 min
The Honor SystemEpisode 8. Matthew McConaughey Day!!Recap of The Art of Livin' Event with Matthew McConaughey, Dean Graziozi, Trent Shelton, Marie Forleo and Tony Robbins! Green Lights was a major influence in the creation of The Honor System and I admire how Matthew has lived his life with intention. I recap the golden nuggets of wisdom from the historical live event. It was incredible and I'm so excited to share this with you!
2023-04-2530 min
Oh Six AnswersMarissa ChierichellaJoining us on the latest episode is Marissa Chierichella, who shares her core memory of a pivotal R-Day moment. She discusses the value of mentorship within the Army, as well as the experiences shaping our introvert/extrovert personalities. Marissa talks of recent interactions with classmates, and also comments on how West Point framed our futures. She concludes with mentioning her additional service as a Duskin & Stephens Foundation board member.
2023-04-2527 min
Oh Six AnswersMatt MacFarlandWe welcome Matt MacFarland to the podcast as he shares about the pride he takes in his children, as well as how he first met his wife back in the day. Reflecting on the chapters of his life, he talks about an exciting new endeavor in the works. Join us for a personal conversation on the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people, as well as pursuing passions in life.
2023-04-1823 min
Service Academy Business Mastermind#246: Launching a Private Wealth Advisory Practice (and a niche podcast!) with Matthew Wang, USMA '06"I wanted to build my business from the ground up… having the power to choose the clients you work with, figure out how you want to build your business strategically and for the long-term. It's been exciting… doing it all from scratch." -Matthew Wang, USMA '06 After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point and serving as an active-duty military intelligence officer in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Matthew Wang transitioned into finance. Matthew completed the Bank of America Veterans Associate Program and then continued on to work with Bank of America's Global Markets insti...
2023-04-1127 min
Oh Six AnswersGreg GebhardtOur class vice president, Greg Gebhardt, shares his experience of going to the 15 year reunion, as well as his memory of smoking cigars on the Plain. He details his formative journey to West Point, up to now in his current role for Military Missions in Action. Greg looks forward to the 20 year reunion and reflects on advice he would’ve given his younger self.
2023-04-1133 min
Oh Six AnswersMeg KelvingtonMeg Kelvington joins us to talk about her path towards becoming a life and fitness coach. She recalls a quote from her cadet days, underscoring the tone of the times. We also dive into Meg’s journey of self-awareness and growth, leading to her creation of Riveting Mission LLC. We conclude our chat discussing an example of classmates helping one another out, as well as posing a question in anticipation of the 20 year reunion.
2023-04-0425 min
Oh Six AnswersSonny ToscoJoin us as we follow Sonny Tosco on his journey towards becoming an entrepreneur. He discusses keeping contact with classmates through social media and exchanging lessons learned. Sonny also talks about defining happiness and creating a family legacy. Ultimately, our conversation emphasizes the value of fostering happy relationships as we grow older.
2023-03-2828 min
Oh Six AnswersBrandon ArchuletaHelping us launch the podcast is our class president, Brandon Archuleta. He shares a memorable story from his cadet days, as well as his experience going back to West Point as an instructor. Brandon reveals more about his background and upcoming plans for the family. We conclude our conversation talking about the legacy of the Class of 2006 and ambitious goals for the 20 year reunion.
2023-03-2126 min
2023-03-2000 min
The Arts of TravelChang Che on Wang Huning: The Mind behind Xi & the Modern CCPI spoke to Chang Che of SupChina for a fascinating conversation on Wang Huning, the strategist behind Xi Jinping & the Modern CCP
We discuss Wang's role in crafting China's authoritarianism to implement capitalist reforms, how Wang's writings convinced party leaders that America would ultimately collapse, the current state of Nihilism in both the US and China amongst young people, and the contrasting legacy of China's 'Covid-Zero' and America's "Covid for Everyone".
For more w. Chang please read his work on Sup China here: https://supchina.com/author/changche/
2022-05-221h 06
sujobaePost-Grad & Bucket List ft. Mark Zhang & Henry Wang | SUJOBAE Ep7We had our alumni friend Mark Zhang and also our class friend Henry Wang join us on the podcast this episode. Listen to us talk about what we look forward to post-grad or what we've been up to recently. Also, tune in to hear about our bucket lists and what we want to do in the future.
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2022-04-3059 min
Wiser Living with Sissi WangEp 1. Matthew Gallagher, Fashion Designer with Dresses Worn by Lady Gaga, Elisha Cuthbert, Annie Murphy"I want to bring happiness to people through clothes. You see something and you go like ‘I need to have that’. That’s the kind of thing I like when I’m designing… something cool, something different. It’s not just another skirt"Matthew Gallagher is a Canadian fashion designer and the founder of The House of Gallagher launched in 2013. His dresses have been worn by Lady Gaga, Canadian actresses Elisha Cuthbert and Annie Murphy, and are recognized for their sophistication, earthy tones mixed in with the latest trends. Matthew grew up in Amherst, Nov...
2022-04-141h 20
Composer TalkEp 66: Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist, (Dickinson, Night Teeth)Our next guests are 2 of my favorite composers in LA! They teamed up to craft a synth-infused score for the vampire horror-thriller Night Teeth for Netflix, the action-packed movie is the biggest project the co-composers have tackled yet, with wall-to-wall music and a gritty soundtrack that is essentially a roadmap of Los Angeles.Directed by Adam Randall, the film stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as a working college student tasked with chauffeuring two mysterious young women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) around Los Angeles for a night on the town. But all is not as it seems, and...
2022-01-0832 min
Bouncing Back in AdvertisingBouncing Back With Jojo Wang: graphic designerOn Episode 133 of Bouncing Back, I interviewed JoJo Wang who was most recently a graphic designer at STN Digital. This is also my 91st episode in partnership with The Avail List.In addition to graphic design, JoJo excels as an illustrator, lettering artist, and animator. She is looking forward to working with great people and prides herself on being friendly, easy to work with, and professional. No matter the assignment, JoJo always puts her best foot forward and is able to tailor her creative style to fit any brand that she works on. O...
2022-01-0611 minComposer TalkEp 65: Torin Borrowdale (Locke & Key, Run)Our next guest is best know for his work on Netflix’s Original Series, LOCKE & KEY. He also composed the score for Lionsgate and Hulu’s feature film, RUN — his third collaboration with director Aneesh Chaganty — starring Sarah Paulson. His previous work includes Michael Nader’s THE TOLL; Chaganty’s moving Mother’s Day spot for Google, SEEDS; and Chaganty’s SEARCHING, starring John Cho and Debra Messing, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up by Sony Pictures for worldwide distribution.Studying film scoring at the University of Southern California, this incredible composer hails from Sacra...
2021-11-2723 minComposer TalkEp 64: Gene Back (Cowboys)Our next guest is a Korean-American film composer and multi-instrumentalist. The first American composer to have been selected as a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough talent, his scores include critically acclaimed feature films COWBOYS (dir. Anna Kerrigan) and HOLLER (dir. Nicole Riegel). Also an artist-in-residence and National Advisory Council co-chair at the Ucross Foundation, his work spans across film music, theatre, XR, instrumental compositions, and songwriting. As a classically trained violinist and self-taught guitarist, he was a former live member of the electronic/folk band, The Books, and toured internationally with bands such a...
2021-11-1235 minComposer TalkEp 63: Denise Santos + Adam Lukas (Primates)I'm so excited to welcome this incredible composer duo from Bleeding Fingers who recently won an Emmy award for "Outstanding Music Composition" in this year's 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards for their work on the BBC documentary series 'Primates'. We talk composing, work/life balance, and more in this episode, and hope you enjoy it! And the composers are... Denise Santos + Adam LukasSpecial thanks to Judith Moy for editing this episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2021-10-0832 minComposer TalkEp 62: Azrul Saleh + Danny Dunlap (Skybox Audio)Launched in Los Angeles, California in 2021, skybox Audio is an innovative sample library company that creates virtual instruments using cutting edge approaches in technology. They have recently released Hammers + Waves, a 10 instrument modern keyboard collection like no other. Captured with beyond-human precision by robotic automation, this collection blew me away and I'm so excited to talk with the composers and co-founders of the company! And the Composers are... Azrul Saleh + Danny Dunlap--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2021-09-2549 min
Composer TalkEp 61: Sandro Morales-Santoro (The Secret History of Venom, Explant)Our next guest is an award-winning Venezuelan composer based in Los Angeles, CA who specializes in film, TV, Interactive, and New Media music.His sensibility as a composer is evidenced in his lush orchestral scores, always infused with hints of his diverse upbringing and culture. His eclectic style is the consequence of his development as a musician, going from pop and rock bands, to a classical music education, to jazz and electronic influences from his studies in the US.He recently scored the film “The Secret History of Venom” for Marvel Animation, and has written for ma...
2021-08-2837 min
The Arts of TravelXuandi Wang: The Escapism of China‘s YouthWe spoke to Xuandi Wang of Sixth Tone on his work covering Youth in China, their alienation, alternative lifestyles (on real-life communes or in digital spaces) that are emerging, and the general state of mental health on the Chinese internet.
For more with Xuandi, we highly recommend his reporting in Sixth Tone, which you can find here: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006834/capturing-the-alienation-of-chinas-young-migrants
and here: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006694/in-chinas-new-age-communes%2C-burned-out-millennials-go-back-to-nature
Music is by Pink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcNNUB87O6U
2021-07-2645 minComposer TalkEp 60: Brittany Dunton (A Cinderella Story: Starstruck)Our next guest is a media composer, pianist, music educator, and music theorist. Studying under composer Dr. Scott Meister and pianist Dr. Bair Shagdaron, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Theory/Composition from Appalachian State University in 2012. Immediately following, she enrolled at Columbia College Chicago’s Master of Fine Arts program “Scoring for the Screen”. She was a Follett Scholar (Columbia’s highest honor) and studied under composers Gary Chang, David McHugh, and Andrew Edwards. To conclude her time at Columbia, she recorded four works Capitol Records and earned her degree in May 2014. Following her time at Col...
2021-07-2527 minComposer TalkEp 59: Nicolas Repetto (The Sound of Identity)An Argentinian-American composer, conductor, orchestrator and violinist, our next guest is a two-time Global Music Award-winning composer. His latest project, the documentary The Sound of Identity features the first-ever transgender woman performing an opera lead in the U.S. with a professional company, in a standard work. The film is about a profile in identity sprinkled with Mozart, but Nicolas rejected the idea of imitating Mozart’s sound. Instead, he gravitated towards a neo-romantic feel and decided on a string orchestra, soloists within the string orchestra, and the addition of a few synths for movement and added intere...
2021-07-0333 minComposer TalkEp 58: Max Aruj (The Ice Road, Crawl)Our next guest is a composer born and raised in Los Angeles. His latest projects include Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky, starring Harvey Keitel, and Jonathan Hensleigh’s The Ice Road, starring Liam Neeson. He joined the Assassin’s Creed universe for Wrath of the Druids (2021). He co-produced Gryffin’s Deluxe orchestral album (2020) and composed additional music on Mission: Impossible - Fallout for Lorne Balfe, and on The Crown, for Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams. He also wrote additional music on HBO’s His Dark Materials.The composer is... Max Aruj--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co...
2021-06-2536 minComposer TalkEp 57: Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka (Your Honor, Stowaway)Our next guest is an Oscar-nominated composer and experimental musician known as Hauschka who is behind the score of Showtime’s acclaimed crime drama Your Honor (starring Bryan Cranston) and most recently, the Joe Penna directed sci-fi thriller Stowaway. The film follows a three-person crew on a mission to Mars that faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board. *Starring: Daniel Dae Kim, Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, and Shamier Anderson.Stowaway differs from most sci-fi films, which are generally action-packed, high-energy, and loud. Stowaway takes place entirely on the spaceship, an...
2021-06-2446 min
People's History of Ideas PodcastMao’s Bandit Comrades: Wang Zuo and Yuan WencaiThe stories of Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai before they joined up with Mao Zedong.Further reading:Stephen Averill,
2021-06-2421 minComposer TalkEp 56: Maggie Phillips (Music Supervisor - Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale)Our next guest is a Music supervisor who has lent her expertise to the creation of some of television and films’ most unique sounds. She is the music supervisor on FX's Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning series Fargo; Hulu’s Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series The Handmaid’s Tale; FX’s Snowfall; Hulu's Shrill; HBO Max’s dramedy series Generation; and Amazon Prime's Bosch. Other credits include FX’s Legion; Hulu’s The Great and Normal People; Apple TV’s Ron Moore series For All Mankind; USA Network’s Mr. Robot; and many more. Her upcoming projects include Patrick Brice's horror/thri...
2021-06-2331 minComposer TalkEp 55: Amanda Jones Part 2 (A Black Lady Sketch Show, Good Trouble)On this episode, we welcome back Amanda Jones to the podcast! Since we last spoke, she has written music for From Cradle to Stage, Good Trouble Season 3, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands among other projects! Welcome back to the show! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-06-1827 minComposer TalkEp 54: Vidjay Beerepoot (Disney's Minnie's Bow-Toons, El Houb)Our next guest is a composer from the Netherlands who has worked internationally as one of Europe's youngest established professional composers on some of the most popular TV shows and biggest films in Europe. Now located in L.A., he is known for his score for Disney's Minnie's Bow-Toons show. The composer is... Vidjay Beerepoot--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-06-1231 min
Composer TalkEp 53: Phil McGowan (Ozark, Cobra Kai, Promising Young Woman)Our next guest is an Emmy-nominated score mixer and recording engineer/producer whose recent score mixing credits include Netflix & GDH’s Thai horror film Ghost Lab, directed by Paween Purijitpanya, which premiered on May 26th; Focus Features’ drama feature Blue Bayou, starring Justin Chon and Alicia Vikander, slated to premiere on June 25th; Netflix’s Cobra Kai, starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka; and HBO Max’s documentary feature Tina, starring Tina Turner, Angela Bassett and Oprah Winfrey. He has become a recognized face in the music scoring industry for specializing in recording and mixing music for films, tel...
2021-06-0533 minComposer TalkEp 52: Brian H. Kim (Panic, Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil)Our next guest is a Composer for film and television. He is known for his scores for Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, BH90210, and Hello My Name Is Doris. We recently chatted about his time working with Napoleon Dynamite and How I Met Your Mother Composer, John Swihart, as well as how he has gotten to where he's at in his career! The composer is... Brian H. Kim--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-05-2952 minComposer TalkEp 45: Jeremy Levy (The Planets: Reimagined, WandaVision)Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated Composer/Arranger/Orchestrator who has worked in nearly every medium in Los Angeles for over 10 years. He was recently recognized by the Recording Academy with a Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella for his track “Uranus: The Magician” off his album “The Planets: Reimagined,” a modern big band jazz reinterpretation of the famous classical suite by Gustav Holst. It was also included on the Chicago Tribune’s “Best Jazz Recordings of 2020.”His most recent work as a composer can be found in Magic the Gathering: Throne of Eldraine, Star Wars: Bat...
2021-05-2933 min
Dungeon Master's Guild HouseDungeon Master's Guild House: Ep.70 Grady Wang (Gallant Goblin)The Dungeon Master's Guild House is a podcast where I (Matthew Whitby) sit down to chat all things creative for content on the DMsGuild and beyond! From techniques and tips, to highlights and discussion!
This week I had the delight to speak to my DMsGuild Design Dash rival (mostly in jest), Grady Wang of Gallant Goblin! We chat about using puns as inspirations, adventuring writing, items, and so much more in this jam-packed hour!
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2021-05-131h 04Composer TalkEp 51: Siddhartha Khosla (This Is Us, Runaways)Our next guest is a two-time Emmy-nominated film and TV composer, singer/songwriter, and producer of the critically acclaimed band, Goldspot. He received Emmy nominations in 2020 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his original song "Memorized" (shared with Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith) and in 2019 for Outstanding Music Composition For a Series for his work on NBC's Golden Globe and Emmy-winning drama series, This Is Us, now in its fifth season. He has the distinction of being the first South Asian person to be nominated in the Primetime Emmy score and song categories. The Composer is...
2021-05-0734 minComposer TalkEp 50: H. Scott Salinas (The Banker, Sasquatch)Our next guest scored Hulu’s documentary series Sasquatch, which premiered on April 20, 2021; and recently scored CBS All Access’ Coyote; and HBO’s documentary miniseries Tiger. From composing the brooding hybrid orchestral score to Zipper, to his original song "Jamie Smiles" written for the cult comedy classic Just Friends, his ability to create a meaningful impact for a wide spectrum is showcased through his work. Past credits include National Geographic’s documentary Sea of Shadows, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019; Apple TV’s The Banker; Hulu's Baghdad Central; FX’s The Most Dangerous Animal of All; ESPN 30 for...
2021-04-3040 minComposer TalkEp 49: Joseph Shirley (Bad Trip)A music composition alum of Loyola University in New Orleans and USC’s film scoring program, our next guest has been described as a musical chameleon by composer Ludwig Göransson who he’s assisted and most recently worked alongside co-scoring Bad Trip now available on Netflix. With Göransson, he has contributed additional music on Angie Tribeca, The Mandalorian, and he wrote and performed Rainbows, Unicorns, Everything Nice for Trolls World Tour! He’s also currently working away on Disney Plus’ The Mysterious Benedict Society scoring the show with Teddy Shapiro.The composer is... Jose...
2021-04-1636 minComposer TalkEp 48: KOVAS & Joe O'Riordan (The Cost Of Winning)Multi-award-winning composer KOVAS scores Netflix's hit original series On My Block, starring Sierra Capri and Jason Genao; and Tatiana Kelly’s up coming documentary The People vs. Vegas Dave. He received a Clio Award for writing, producing and co-starring in Dunkin’ Donuts campaign ad “Runnin’ on Cold Brew” featuring three-time NFL Pro-Bowler Odell Beckham Jr.. As a recording artist, KOVAS can be heard on several features, tv shows and top-selling video games including Netflix’s Golden Globe-nominated series Glee; Hulu’s Emmy-nominated series American Dad; Oscar-nominated thriller Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks; Columbia Pictures’ 22 Jump Street; EA Sports’ Madden NFL and Saintʼs Ro...
2021-04-0935 minComposer TalkEp 69: John Williams (Daddy-O, The Secret Ways, And Baby Makes Three)One of the most legendary film composers, we are very excited to welcome this next guest to the show! He is an American composer, conductor, and musician, widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. In a career that has spanned nearly seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. From Jaws and Indiana Jones to Star Warts and Schindler's List, our next guest won his first academy award for his work on the first Pirates of The Caribbean film. He then went on...
2021-04-0225 minComposer TalkEp 47: Alec Puro (The Crew, Black Summer)Our next guest is best known for scoring the drama series The Fosters, as well as several films including The Art of Getting By, starring Freddie Highmore, and Higher Ground, directed by Vera Farmiga. A veteran of the indie film world, he composed the music for the comedy All Nighter starring Emile Hirsch and J.K. Simmons, and A Happening of Monumental Proportions, Judy Greer's directorial debut.In 1996, he formed the rock band Deadsy with longtime friend Elijah Blue Allman and Renn Hawkey. After their first album was released, the band embarked upon several world tours, opening...
2021-03-2626 minComposer TalkEp 46: Zacarías M. de la Riva (Below Zero, Bajocero)Our next guest is a film music composer with more than 50 film productions. He studied in Boston at Berklee College of Music where he obtained Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Composition and Film Scoring.His latest worldwide release on Netflix has been the film “BAJOCERO” by director Lluís Quílez and starring Javier Gutiérrez and Karra Elejalde, which has been the highest rated Spanish premiere in Netflix, being number one worldwide in its first week.His multifaceted style has led him to compose soundtracks covering very different genres. As for animati...
2021-03-1941 minComposer TalkEp 44: Joshua Moshier (Looney Tunes Cartoons, Special)I'm so excited to welcome on this next composer whose work includes the HBO Max series Looney Tunes Cartoons; the DreamWorks series Dragons: Rescue Riders, and the viral animated hit Sidewalk, directed by Celia Bullwinkel.Born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in the midwest, this composer credits the public school arts program in St. Charles, IL with helping him imagine a life making music. With an eye on joining the Chicago music community, he studied music at Northwestern University, also dabbling in literature, computer science and sound design. His time after school was spent performing in...
2021-02-1947 minComposer TalkEp 43: Dan Deacon (Philly D.A., Rat Film)Our next guest is renowned for his live shows, where large-scale audience participation and interaction is often a major element of the performance. Since 2003, he has released five solo albums, including 2015's Gliss Riffer, released by Domino Records. His work as a film composer includes the original soundtracks for 2011’s Twixt (with Osvaldo Golijov), 2017's Rat Film and 2018's Time Trial, both released by Domino Soundtracks. He recently scored All Light, Everywhere; Strawberry Mansion; and Philly D.A. — all of which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.The composer is... Dan Deacon--- Support this p...
2021-02-1253 minComposer TalkEp 42: Gavin Brivik (Wild Indian, Undocumented)Named one of the Society of Composers and Publishers’ “Film Composers to Watch,” our next guest has won numerous awards, including the World Soundtrack Award for “Best Composition by a Young International Composer,” the ASCAP Jimmy Van Heusen Film Composer Award, the Alan Menken Composer Award, and the distinguished Elmer Bernstein Film Scoring Award.Brivik recently scored Wild Indian, starring Michael Greyeyes, Jesse Eisenberg and Kate Bosworth, which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30th as part of the U.S. Narrative Competition lineup. Other upcoming projects include Justin P. Lange’s horror film The Seventh Day...
2021-02-061h 07Composer TalkEp 41: Andy Poland (Jackbox Games)I'm so excited to welcome this phenomenal game composer who has worked at Jackbox Games (nee Jellyvision) since it sprang from the mind-loins of Harry Gottlieb in 1995. Starting out as a writer, he meandered into editing, directing, sound effecting, and finally music composition. He's had a hand in every game Jackbox has created and is one of the most innovative and creative composers I've had the pleasure of chatting with! I'm excited for this new season of Composer Talk starting with this conversation!The composer is... Andy PolandCheck out the music...
2021-01-2339 minComposer TalkEp 40: Nainita Desai (For Sama, The Reason I Jump)This RTS award-winning composer is also an Ivor Novello, BIFA, and Cinema Eye Honors nominee; a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of 2020. Amongst various BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions, her recent projects include critically acclaimed Oscar 2020 nominated film For Sama, Sundance 2020 winning feature The Reason I Jump, American Murder Netflix's most watched documentary feature to date, Annapurna Interactive Film-Game Telling Lies and BBC drama series Unprecedented. She’s one of my favorite composer/sound designer hybrids and I’m very excited to meet her today!
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2021-01-1537 minComposer TalkEp 39: George Shaw (Lullabies For Younglings, Escape The Night)Our next composer is an American born composer (of Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese descent) and a nerd at heart. He is known for his work on 4 seasons of Escape the Night (YouTube Originals), 2 seasons of Wil Wheaton's TableTop (Geek & Sundry), co-writing a song with Marvel legend Stan Lee, and is the creator of Star Wars Musical, a spoof of Star Wars as a Disney Musical.He was selected as one of eight composers to the inaugural class of the universal Film Composer Initiative, the first Hollywood studio program to nurture diverse voices in composing, and includes mentorship...
2020-12-2333 minComposer TalkEp: 38 Anthony Willis (Promising Young Woman, How To Train Your Dragon: Homecoming)A protege of Oscar-nominated composer John Powell, this next guest has become a sought after talent, contributing additional music to many of Hollywood’s major franchises including How to Train your Dragon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wreck-it Ralph, Rio, & Despicable Me among others.As a lead composer, he scored the drama thriller Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan which premiered at Sundance 2020. His other credits include NBC/Universal’s How To Train Your Dragon: Homecoming holiday special, and Sony Playstation’s action-platformer video game Knack II.The composer is. Anthony Willis...
2020-12-1846 minComposer TalkEp 37: Patrick Kirst (The Kissing Booth, Breaking Surface)Our next guest is a German-born film composer based in Los Angeles. He’s best known for his work on the highly successful, romantic comedy trilogy, Netflix' The Kissing Booth. The sequel was released in summer 2020 and once again, achieved a record-shattering number of streams on the platform. The release of The Kissing Booth 3 will premiere in the spring of 2021.In 2007, he became an integral part of Aaron Zigman’s team where he earned credits on top-grossing films such as The Proposal, The Ugly Truth, Sex and the City: The Movie, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, and The Shack. The com...
2020-12-1142 minComposer TalkEp 36: Drew Jordan (Sound Designer)My next guest is the best sound designer I know! He’s contributed his unique sounds and synthetic textures to projects including Bloodshot, Dunkirk, Tag, and Marvel’s Iron Man VR game among othersThe Sound Designer is... Drew JordanIf you enjoyed this episode, I please ask that you might go to this link: https://gf.me/u/zanc94Drew's brother was recently involved in a car accident and I ask that if you are able, that you donate to his Spinal Injury Recovery Fund at the link above. --- Support this podcast: https...
2020-12-0452 minComposer TalkEp 35: Tom Salta (Tom Clancy Franchise, Halo Franchise)Our next guest is one of my favorite composers in the video game world. This ASCAP winning and MTV VMA nominated composer has received widespread industry acclaim for his world-class produced hybrid scores featured in film, television and video games such as Machine Games’ WOLFENSTEIN : Youngblood & Cyberpilot, Microsoft’s iconic HALO series (G.A.N.G. Best Original Soundtrack Award), Ubisoft’s PRINCE OF PERSIA: The Forgotten Sands and RED STEEL (IGN Award for Best Original Score), Tom Clancy’s GHOST RECON and H.A.W.X series, as well as the epic theme music for the record-breaking online multiplay...
2020-11-2734 minComposer TalkEp 34: Matt Lange (Isolated LP)Our next guest is a multi-platinum selling record producer, composer, musician, and DJ who challenges categorization; equipped with an instinctual ear for creating music and an insatiable drive to explore the aural spectrum. He’s composed music for video games including Dota 2 and Counter-Strike GO and has sound design credits on films ranging from Captain Marvel, Deadpool 2, and Blade Runner 2049 to Incredibles 2 and Motherless Brooklyn. He’s also the host of one of my favorite podcasts, Tap Tempo. Fun fact, we also were the two Matt's tasked by Unfiltered Audio to do the artist presets for the free...
2020-11-2142 min
Interview With The SurgeonEpisode 46: Dr. Jeffrey Wang, Orthopaedic Surgeon#SurgeonAgent welcomes Dr. Jeffrey Wang, Chief Orthopaedic Spine at USC #OrthopaedicSurgeon #OrthopaedicSurgery #AAOS #NASS #USC #LosAngeles #Fellowship #Residency #Surgeon #Surgery #Doctor #Medicine #Education #Healthcare
2020-11-1613 minComposer TalkEp 33: Alan Lazar (The Princess Switch: Switched Again, The Real Housewives)Our next guest recently scored Netflix’s Princess Switch: Switched Again, starring Vanessa Hudgens and directed by Mike Rohl; Netflix’s Holiday in the Wild, starring Kristin Davis and Rob Lowe, directed by Ernie Barbarash; and the prestigious BBC program Natural World, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.He has scored more than 50 films and TV shows including Netflix’s The Most Hated Woman In America, starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo and directed by Tommy O’Haver; Billy Raftery’s documentary Angels In Exile, narrated by Charlize Theron; HBO’s Golden-Globe winning and Emmy Award-winning series Sex and the City...
2020-11-1334 minComposer TalkEp 32: Dara Taylor (Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Echo Boomers)Our next guest has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of scoring music to picture as evidenced by her score to the upcoming Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar starring Kristen Wiig and Jamie Dornan, co-composed with Christopher Lennertz. Her credits include the Netflix docuseries Trial By Media, the independent film Turner Risk, and the Karen Allen-starred film Colewell, for which she won a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media award. Up next for her is the FX series Pride and the action crime drama Echo Boomers starring Michael Shannon. As a score p...
2020-11-0631 minComposer TalkEp 31: Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen's Gambit, Godless)A protégé of Randy Newman, our next guest earned a DMA in Composition at USC’s Thornton School, where he studied with Donald Crockett and Stephen Hartke. As a guitarist, he has performed onstage as opening act for The Who at the Hollywood Bowl; recorded studio sessions for Island/Def Jam, and Universal Records; and had songs featured on NETFLIX’ FIREFLY LANE, ABC’s SCRUBS, MTV, and VH-1. He is an EMMY Award-winning composer whose work for Film and TV includes scores for Netflix' Godless, directed by Scott Frank and produced by Steven Soderbergh, starring Jeff Daniels a...
2020-10-301h 00Composer TalkEp 30: Angela Leus (SVP Film Music, Universal)As Senior Vice President of Film Music, our next guest serves as a music creative executive for Universal Pictures, Dreamworks Animation and it's other affiliate production companies, having supervised all aspects of music on a variety of successful film titles, soundtracks and marketing campaigns including Trolls World Tour, the Pitch Perfect franchise, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Straight Outta Compton, Jordan Peele's Us, Girls Trip, Danny Boyle's Yesterday, as well as supporting the theme parks, consumer products and live entertainment divisions with their music needs. Her current projects include Boss Baby 2, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, Spirit Untamed, and Talent Sh...
2020-10-1637 minComposer TalkEp 29: Daryl Berg (VP Music Crown Media Family Networks, Hallmark)ur next guest has had an amazing career in music working for companies including The Orchard, EMI Music, Shrine America, and Fremantle Media among others. He is now the VP of music strategies and licensing for Crown Media Family Networks including Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries and Hallmark Drama. He’s in charge of overseeing music supervision and composition/score for more than 100 films per year. I’m incredibly excited to welcome him on to the show.The exec is... Daryl Berg--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-10-0927 minComposer TalkEp 28: Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai)Our next guests both got their start working in the dojo of renowned film composer Christophe Beck. Assisting him writing additional music on such projects including Ant-Man, Edge of Tomorrow, and Frozen among others, they have since gone the independent route and have racked up an amazing number of projects on their own!Together they score megahit show Cobra Kai, and Quibi show Die Hart starring Kevin Hart.The composers are... Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-10-0240 minComposer TalkEp 27: René G. Boscio (If We Seek With Intent)Our next guest is an amazing composer and a really lovely guy. Hailing from Aguadilla Puerto Rico, he had a chance encounter with legendary film and TV composer Blake Neely that led to a 3 year assistantship in LA. He is the composer on over 60 independent projects including R#J and The Time Capsule. He also has a new EP coming called If We Seek With Intent.The composer is... Rene G Boscio--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-09-2531 minComposer TalkEp 26: Matthew Head (P-Valley, Greenleaf)I’m very excited to welcome this Emmy award-winning composer who has a unique trap noire sound. His production chops got him signed to a publishing deal at a young age and since then, he's been a big name in the media composer space in Atlanta. He’s created Grammy-nominated, as well as Emmy, NAACP Image, and Peabody award-winning soundtracks. His work has appeared on OWN’s Greenleaf, BET’s Boomerang, STARZ’ Show P Valley, and Step-Up High Water.The composer is... Matthew Head--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-09-1842 minComposer TalkEp 25: Genevieve Vincent (The Broken Hearts Gallery)Our next guest is from Vancouver and studied at The Royal Conservatory of Music there. She later attended the Berklee College of Music. Recently, she wrote the music for an episode of Netflix’s Moving Art entitled Hokkaido, National Film Board of Canada documentary Now Is The Time which premiered at Sundance, and she composed the music for Sony film The Broken Heart Gallery produced by Selena Gomez.On top of all that. she is one half of the electronic-pop duo darkDARK, signed to Nettwerk records and who’s debut EP "Heathered" has been featured on NPR’s All Songs Conside...
2020-09-1152 minComposer TalkEp 24: Reema Iqbal (BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc.)Our next guest is a music executive with a passion for both creative and administrative endeavors. As a Creative Director for Film, TV & Visual Media at BMI, she has forged and nurtured relationships with emerging composers, songwriters, artists, film/TV execs and more!The exec is... Reema Iqbal--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/composertalk/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-09-0416 minComposer TalkEp 23: Stephanie Economou (Manhunt: Lone Wolf, Step Up: High Water)Our next guest got her start in the industry assisting film composer superstar Harry Gregson-Williams. With Harry, she contributed music to projects ranging from The Meg and The Equalizer 2 to Disney Nature’s Penguins and Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning film The Martian. On her own, she is the composer for Lionsgate’s Step Up High Water, the upcoming Disney doc episode of Marvel 616 directed by Gillian Jacobs, and she’s also writing for the second season of Spectrum/Lionsgate show Manhunt: Lone Wolf. I'm very excited to welcome this amazingly talented composer, violinist, vocalist to the show!Th...
2020-08-2853 minComposer TalkEp 22: Pinar Toprak (Captain Marvel, Fortnite, McMillions)I met our next guest at an ASCAP event the year I moved to LA right after she did the music for Epic Games' Fortnite. Since then she has become the musical voice of superhero projects ranging from summer blockbuster Captain Marvel to shows including DC’s Stargirl and Superman prequel Krypton. She’s also been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a documentary for her score to HBO’s McMillions.The composer is... Pinar Toprak--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-08-2142 minComposer TalkEp 21: Russell Ziecker (Lionsgate)EVP/Head of Television Music for Lionsgate, our next guest is the man behind the music for some legendary TV shows like Mad Men, Nashville, Blue Mountain State, Orange Is The New Black, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist! He is a self-proclaimed resident of planet music and a bass player extraordinaire turned music executive and I'm very excited to welcome him to the show!Please welcome... Russell Ziecker--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-08-1932 minComposer TalkEp 20: Tony Morales (The Fugitive, Elena Of Avalor)This next Emmy-nominated composer got his start through a chance meeting with composer extraordinaire Harry Gregson-Williams. Going from writing advertisement music to film and TV, he is known for his music on the Netflix original series 'Bloodline', Disney's 'Elena Of Avalor' for which he received multiple Daytime EMMY nominations and an Annie Award nomination, and the hit CBS show 'Scorpion' co-composed with the amazing Brian Tyler.The composer is... Tony Morales--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-08-1443 minComposer TalkEp 19: Aukai“The ronroco is the sound of the mountains - it has this freedom, this wide-open-chest feeling of just being who you are,” says Aukai of his beloved instrument – so adored that friends and family jokingly call it his baby. Also known as the charango, this small guitar is popular within the Andean communities of South America and Aukai is right in saying that the looping, fast plucking of its strings instantly remits the mind to a far, far place; one of folklore, discovery and freedom. Far from the Andes in a recording studio in the valleys of Colorado, the ronroc...
2020-08-0727 minComposer TalkEp 18: Jeff Cardoni (Silicon Valley, The Kominsky Method)Our next guest is a multi-instrumentalist who studied classical piano before playing drums and guitar in numerous bands, including a brief stint with the rock band Alien Crime Syndicate. He is best known for his scores for CSI Miami and HBO's Silicon Valley and has written the scores for Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Young Sheldon, The Kominsky Method, A.P. Bio, and The League among others. He has a new solo EP out now called Nuovo Futuro and I'm very excited to welcome him on the podcast! The composer is... Jeff Cardoni--- Support...
2020-07-2455 minComposer TalkEp 17: Jeremy Zuckerman (Avatar The Last Airbender, Horse Girl)This next composer is one of my favorites. His scores for Nickelodeon's Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra are some of the most iconic animation scores for an animated series. After graduating from California Institute of Arts where he studied modern composition with a focus on computer music and sonic art, he started The Track Team with co-founder Benjamin Wynn (aka Deru). The music and sound design duo won two Emmy Awards and five nominations and worked on Dreamworks' Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. Since then, this composer has also scored the Netflix Original Film, H...
2020-07-1755 minComposer TalkEp 16: Penka Kouneva (Pandora, Prince of Persia)Our next guest is a Bulgarian-American composer, orchestrator and soundtrack producer who has contributed her musical voice to videogames including League of Legends, The Mummy, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Her music has received national press as "fantastic, luminous and breath-taking" (Billboard, NPR and Forbes). As one of the industry's most accomplished women composers, in 2019 she was invited by showrunner Mark A. Altman and composer Joe Kraemer to co-compose the CW primetime TV show, Pandora. In 2020, Penka scored the Super Bowl TV ad campaign for Olay, #MakeSpaceForWomen. The composer is... P...
2020-07-1037 minComposer TalkEp 15: Jake Monaco (Think Like a Dog, Out, Forky Asks A Question)I’ve had the pleasure of working with this next composer and was blown away by his work ethic and attention to detail. After graduating from USC’s renowned film-scoring program he started working for composer extraordinaire Christophe Beck with whom he helped out on the music for Frozen, The Muppets, Waiting For Superman, and the Hangover trilogy among other notable titles.This incredible composer has scored Forky Asks a Question for Disney +, Facebook Show Human Discoveries, Warner Animation show Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost, Pixar Sparkshort Out, Dreamworks animated show Dinotrux, and films including Netflix’s, Dumpli...
2020-06-3037 minComposer TalkEp 14: Amanda Jones (Twenties, A Black Lady Sketch Show)I’m so excited to welcome this guitarist and composer extraordinaire. She is the composer behind Cherish The Day, Twenties on BET, and A Black Lady Sketch Show on HBO. She has also worked on projects including How to Train Your Dragon 2, Dear White People , Kingsman: The Secret Service and Oprah’s scripted drama Greenleaf. She is also hugely responsible for the creation of the Composers Diversity Collective and we are very excited to welcome her on to the show. The composer is... Amanda Jones--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-06-2636 minComposer TalkEp 13: Christopher Lennertz (Sausage Party, The Boys)I’ve been a fan of this composer ever since I first saw Horrible Bosses and Sausage Party. He’s composed the music for huge films such as Bad Moms, Ride Along, Baywatch, Pitch Perfect 3, and Shaft. He’s also composed video game music for multiple iterations of Medal of Honor and Mass Effect, Scalebound, The Simpsons Game, and Madden NFL 25. His scores for shows including Agent Carter, Netflix’s Lost in Space, and Prime Video’s The Boys have garnered a lot of attention over the past couple of years and I’m very excited to welcome him on to the show...
2020-06-2550 minComposer TalkEp 12: Ronit Kirchman (The Sinner, Limetown)Our next guest is the composer behind the riveting and unsettling Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated dramatic series, The Sinner. She is also the sonic architect behind the new Facebook Watch Limetown based on the hit podcast.The composer is... Ronit Kirchman--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/composertalk/support
2020-06-1938 minComposer TalkEp 11: David Russo (Gotham, Pennyworth)Our next guest is an award-winning composer, producer, songwriter and touring artist. His credits include the phenomenally moody and atmospheric music behind the hit Fox series Gotham and its acclaimed, highly-stylized spinoff, Pennyworth. Most recently, his music can be heard in epic father-son drama Windows on The World, starring Edward James Olmos, directed by Michael D Olmos. He has contributed to over 150 films, TV shows, documentaries, and commercials, for directors such as Robert Rodriguez, Adam McKay, Danny Cannon, David Gordon-Green, Michael Mann and Barry Levinson. He has also worked in the studio or toured with some of music’s bigg...
2020-06-1729 minComposer TalkEp. 10 John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon, Shrek)I'm very excited to announce the final guest for this first season of Composer Talk! This English composer is best known for his scores for animated films, including Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek (all three co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), Robots, Happy Feet, Happy Feet Two, three Ice Age sequels, Bolt, Rio, Rio 2, and the How to Train Your Dragon film series . His live action film scores for the Bourne films, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, United 93, Jumper, Green Zone and Solo: A Star Wars Story are widely studied by many composers around the world. His work on Happy Feet, Ferdinand a...
2020-06-121h 23Composer TalkEp. 09 Jongnic Bontemps (United Skates, College Behind Bars)Our next guest is a uniquely modern film composer, harmonizing a classical education with his rich tech background as a maestro of Silicon Valley to write everything from the hip-hop infused score for the Tribeca-favorite documentary United Skates, to rousing additional music for Creed II. He’s been the go-to composer for the latter film’s director, Steven Caple Jr., including the score for the coming-of-age drama, The Land, where he also produced the song “This Bitter Land” for Nas and Erykah Badu. His music can be heard on dozens of features, documentaries, shorts, and videogames in all genres including...
2020-06-0551 minComposer TalkEp. 08 Daniel Rojas (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)Born in Costa Rica into a musical family, our next composer studied Jazz Arranging & Composition at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. After graduating in 2010, he moved full-time into session player work, primarily as a guitarist. His film and television work has included working as an assistant composer, arranger, and music team member for Klaus Badelt and Remote Control Productions (the studio owned by prolific composer, Hans Zimmer). His film projects have included songwriting for Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster and starring Foster and George Clooney and Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne and starring Matt Damon...
2020-05-2933 minComposer TalkEp. 07 Theodore Shapiro (Trolls World Tour, Tropic Thunder)This next composer has scored legendary films like The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me, Blades of Glory, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, and Spy. In the animation world, he has made himself known as the composer of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Spies In Disguise, and most recently Trolls World Tour. He is a frequent collaborator of Ben Stiller and has scored The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder, and Zoolander 2. Born in Washington, D.C. he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Brown University in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in m...
2020-05-2239 minComposer TalkEp. 06 Joseph Stephens (Eastbound & Down, The Righteous Gemstones)This next composer scored some of my favorite shows including Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals. He is a frequent collaborator with Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green and has created the scores for the HBO series Vice Principals and Eastbound and Down, the TBS series The Last O.G. starring Tracy Morgan, as well as features, Under The Eiffel Tower from The Orchard, Observe and Report, Flower, The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter, and Arizona among others. He’s also written songs for films All The Real Girls, Undertow, and Halloween.His most recent wo...
2020-05-1535 minComposer TalkEp. 05 Mandy Hoffman (The Lovers, Dummy)This next composer is my favorite orchestral composer. Currently based in NYC, she's the composer behind the music of A24's The Lovers which ended up on Film Music Magazine's Top Ten Best Scores of 2017. She received high honors for indie favorites including Terri and Momma’s Man. She also composed the score for Amazon Studios series titled I Love Dick, and her music can be found on a myriad of television shows including Inside Amy Schumer, American Pickers, and The Voice to name a few. Recently she worked with director Minhal Baig and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's Overbrook Entert...
2020-05-0841 minComposer TalkEp. 04 Cormac Bluestone (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Cool Kids)This next guest is not only a film and TV composer, but he has also had some of his theater work performed in venues in New York City and Los Angeles. He was the Music Director for live performances of the music of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. For the show, he has written music and lyrics for Nightman Cometh, Franks Little Beauties and Dee Reynolds, Shaping America's Youth, Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy to name a few. This composer also has a love for musical theater and his works in the field have been performed in NY...
2020-05-0136 minComposer TalkEp. 03 Kris Bowers (Green Book, Mrs. America)I'm very fortunate to welcome this Emmy Award-winning composer, pianist, animation enthusiast, and friend.Born in 1989 in Los Angeles, this composer defies genre while paying homage to his jazz roots and introducing alternative and R&B influences. He scored documentaries like Kobe Bryant’s Muse and Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, as well as scripted series including Shonda Rhimes and Paul William Davies’ For The People, Netflix’s Dear White People, and SHOWTIME’S Black Monday. In 2011, he was awarded the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and went on to perform with and for artis...
2020-04-2442 minComposer TalkEp. 02 Brad Breeck (Gravity Falls, Voltron)Our next guest is well known as the composer of Disney's "Gravity Falls" and Dreamworks/Netflix show “Voltron”.Originally from Illinois, this composer earned his MFA in Composition from The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) before joining the critically acclaimed band, The Mae Shi. He has also written music for several Disney animated shows, including “Star vs. The Forces of Evil”, “Pickle and Peanut” and “Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja”. He was the composer for MTV’s “Awkward” and is currently scoring and writing the songs for Cartoon Network’s hit show “We Bare Bears”. For Nickelodeon he scored the ser...
2020-04-1736 minComposer TalkEp. 01 Ryan Elder (Rick & Morty, Boss Baby: Back in Business)Our inaugural guest is well known as the composer and songwriter of Rick and Morty. He also co-composes the music for Harmonquest and the Dreamworks animated series Boss Baby: Back in Business. He has contributed music to FOX's The Simpsons and wrote the theme song for Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. This composer got his start writing music for advertisements at a company called Emoto and landed placements with advertising clients like Nike, Toyota, and US Bank. In 2010 he won a London International Award for his work on the New Balance campaign "Feet on Head."He has...
2020-04-1049 min
The Interning 101 PodcastMatthew WangHello from Episode 6 of The Interning 101 Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, author, and manager, Emily White! Today Emily is talking to Netflix composer, songwriter, and artist Matthew Wang! Matthew is a recent NYU graduate who successfully interned at Hans Zimmer’s studio and credits Interning 101 the book on knowing what to do. In this episode we discuss Matthew’s journey and where he’s headed next. Fun fact: Matthew composed the music for The Interning 101 Podcast.
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2018-09-2438 min
The Morning AfterEpisode 56: Matthew Wang of Starr RestaurantsWelcome to another installment of The Morning After! This week, Jessie Kiefer and Jenn Tullock start off the episode with a cheeky installment of the “Front of House” segment, and later are joined by Matthew Wang, the Director of Purchasing for Starr Restaurants. Tune in to hear Matthew talk about his various hospitality, service, and food work- and how those experiences prepared him for his job with Starr Restaurants. Hear how Starr’s purchasing power has the ability to influence the Pennsylvania sustainable food market. Learn about the challenges of purchasing, and find out where to eat in Philadelphia! Later...
2013-01-1300 min
The Soul Sides SidebarEP 1: Matthew AfricaAn interview with Bay Area DJ and record dude Matthew Africa on college vs. internet radio, selling part of his collection and just where his name comes from.
2011-05-0755 min